Among those expressing support, polling suggests, are some culturally diverse Australians.<\/p>\n
Recent polling from research company Roy Morgan indicates pockets of support for One Nation among voters born in India, China and the Philippines, among other countries, while other pollsters have reported the same among people who speak a language other than English at home.<\/p>\n
What is ‘monoculturalism’ and what does it look like in practice?<\/a><\/p>\n Pauline Hanson has called for Australia to reject multiculturalism and be “monocultural”. So what does it involve and are there any nations overseas that show what it might look like in Australia?<\/p>\n Even within communities, there are diverse views.<\/p>\n Some of those voters open to One Nation have told the ABC they were concerned about migration levels and security, worried about inflation, and had been disappointed with the major parties.<\/p>\n Manju, an Indian Australian voter who asked to be identified only by her first name, said she supported One Nation’s immigration policy.<\/p>\n “The criteria should be restricted to skilled migrants according to our actual requirements, and restrictions must be placed on those who pose a national security threat,” she said.<\/p>\n Hanson steps in after Farley interview<\/a><\/p>\n One Nation MP David Farley told Insiders One Nation would pursue cuts to migration “not too different” to Labor. Pauline Hanson has stepped in to say the party’s policy would actually slash immigration by about half current rates.<\/p>\n One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has said the party would cut Australia’s net overseas migration, which was about 300,000 last year, to 130,000.<\/p>\n She said it would do this by reducing the number of international students and temporary graduate visas, and through “a much more targeted skilled migration program”.<\/p>\n One Nation also intends to restrict migration from countries on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s “do not travel” list<\/a>.<\/p>\n While he did not directly refer to One Nation’s policies, former prime minister John Howard, speaking at an ANU event last week, questioned whether there was strong evidence that terrorists had entered Australia through migration.\u00a0<\/p>\n He acknowledged the public mood was strongly focused on stopping terrorism from entering “under the cover of immigration”, but argued this could not be addressed simply by stopping migrants from particular countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n He said that type of approach to national security was “very hard” and could “be a lot more limiting than \u2026 people imagine”.<\/p>\n However, like some other Australians the ABC spoke to, Manju said One Nation had not secured her support just yet.<\/p>\n Some are still grappling with the party’s positions on migrants and religion, as well as Senator Hanson’s recent call for Australia to embrace “monoculturalism”.<\/p>\n Pauline Hanson called for Australia to reject multiculturalism and pursue “monoculturalism” at her NPC address. (ABC News: Adam Kennedy)<\/p>\n Before deciding whether to support One Nation, Manju wants to hear Senator Hanson respond to anti-Indian racism on social media, including racist comments about Australians who were missing in the Nepal-Tibet flash floods<\/a>.<\/p>\n “The extreme hatred directed at any brown-skinned person makes me sick,” Manju said.<\/p>\n “How does she handle this group of people with this mindset?”<\/p>\n Migrants have questions for Hanson<\/p>\n Hindu Council of Australia vice president Surinder Jain said some migrants were also concerned about religious extremism following the Bondi attack and believed One Nation would “make Australia safe” by rejecting people known to support terrorism.<\/p>\n But Mr Jain said some of Senator Hanson’s recent statements had put migrant voters off, including her call for Australia to be “monocultural”.<\/p>\n “We are seeking a meeting with her to understand what is her stand on migrants, not on migration,” he said.<\/p>\n “The freedom of speech, freedom of religion, that is such an important part of Australian values.”<\/p>\n He said leaders should not use divisive rhetoric, which he feared could fan anti-Indian hatred on social media, and ensure what they say aligned with “the best interests of Australia”.<\/p>\n Edgar Lu, a Sydney-based social media influencer who posts on YouTube as “Sydney Daddy”, said he once volunteered for One Nation in 2019.<\/p>\n He also posted a Mandarin-subtitled video of Senator Hanson’s National Press Club speech to his 360,000 followers.<\/p>\n YouTuber Edgar Lu said he is undecided about endorsing One Nation. (Supplied: Edgar Lu)<\/p>\n Mr Lu said One Nation’s Chinese Australian supporters were older migrants who held politically conservative views.<\/p>\n While he also supported cutting net overseas migration levels, he said he had not endorsed One Nation yet and was unsure whether Senator Hanson had a strong team to help run the country.<\/p>\n “I am still observing,” he said.<\/p>\n Mr Lu said he would also like Senator Hanson to clarify comments she made at the National Press Club criticising the number of people who spoke Mandarin at home.<\/p>\n Among her controversial statements on race and religion in the past 30 years, Senator Hanson has said Australia was at risk of being “swamped by Asians”<\/a>, described Islam as a “disease”<\/a> that Australia needed to be “vaccinated against”, and more recently suggested there were no “good” Muslims<\/a> \u2014 all remarks that were widely condemned.<\/p>\n Protesters condemned Pauline Hanson’s views after her maiden speech to parliament criticising Asian immigration. (Reuters)<\/p>\n The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils (FECCA), the peak body representing culturally diverse community groups, said multiculturalism and migrants should not be made scapegoats for issues facing the country.<\/p>\n “Blaming one group for complex problems does nothing to help everyday Australians and will only create and deepen divisions,” FECCA’s chief executive Prerana Mehta said.<\/p>\n FECCA chief executive Prerana Mehta. (Supplied: FECCA)<\/p>\n “We can have serious debates about migration, housing and infrastructure without questioning whether some Australians belong more than others.<\/p>\n “National unity does not require us to be the same. It requires a shared belief that we all belong and have something to contribute.”<\/p>\n The ABC put detailed questions to One Nation but received no response.<\/p>\n Is Hanson courting culturally diverse voters?<\/p>\n Senator Hanson drew attention earlier this month when she posted a photo with the Indian Australian owner of Harold’s Seafood, a fish and chip shop in Townsville.<\/p>\n “I’m still a sucker for fish and chips \u2026 Battered mackerel and chips. 10\/10,” the post said.<\/p>\n Pauline Hanson, a fish and chip shop owner before entering politics, at Harold’s Seafood with business owner Pankaj Patel. (Facebook: One Nation)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/f8d61edf19686f95d74d1b977f977df8.jpeg\")
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